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Texas Drilling Permit and Completion Statistics for March 2025
AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 696 original drilling permits in March 2025. The total includes 613 to drill new oil or gas wells, 15 to re-enter plugged wellbores, 5 field transfers, 1 reclass and 62 for re-completion.
The breakdown of well types for total original drilling permits in March 2025 is: 137 oil, 52 gas, 469 oil and gas, 20 injection, 1 service, and 17 other permits.
In March 2025, Commission staff processed 1,483 oil, 456 gas, and 385 injection completions.
Detailed data on drilling permits and well completions for the month can be found at this link:
https://www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-and-gas/research-and-statistics/drilling-information/monthly-drilling-completion-and-plugging-summaries/
FEBRUARY 2025 TEXAS OIL AND GAS NEW DRILLING PERMITS AND COMPLETIONS BY RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS DISTRICT
|
DISTRICT |
PERMITS TO DRILL NEW OIL/GAS HOLES |
NEW OIL COMPLETIONS |
NEW GAS COMPLETIONS |
|
(1) SAN ANTONIO AREA |
82 |
100 |
46 |
|
(2) REFUGIO AREA |
33 |
43 |
34 |
|
(3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS |
16 |
12 |
3 |
|
(4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS |
11 |
1 |
8 |
|
(5) EAST CENTRAL TX |
12 |
5 |
2 |
|
(6) EAST TEXAS |
35 |
5 |
44 |
|
(7B) WEST CENTRAL TX |
7 |
14 |
0 |
|
(7C) SAN ANGELO AREA |
57 |
79 |
1 |
|
(8) MIDLAND |
302 |
521 |
99 |
|
(8A) LUBBOCK AREA |
26 |
21 |
0 |
|
(9) NORTH TEXAS |
27 |
15 |
7 |
|
(10) PANHANDLE |
5 |
2 |
2 |
|
TOTAL |
613 |
818 |
246 |
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